Reducing Sexual Risk With Practice of Periodic Secondary Abstinence
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Reducing sexual risk with practice of periodic secondary abstinence.
OBJECTIVE Test a novel intervention to help sexually experienced girls increase abstinence behaviors and attitudes. DESIGN A quasi-experimental repeated measures design using qualitative and quantitative data. SETTING Two alternative public schools. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-three females whose mean age was 16 and who were 79% African American participated. Most (79%) had experienced a pregnanc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0884-2175
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2008.00289.x